Ginger family facts for kids
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| Red Torch (Etlingera elatior) | |
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Zingiberaceae
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Zingiberaceae, or the Ginger family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes, comprising ca. 52 genera and more than 1300 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
Images for kids
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Globba inflorescence.
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See also
In Spanish: Zingiberaceae para niños
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